shmiller's Journal, 04 March 2011

Grr. I've been on such a roll and nothing's changed, so what the heck??

So I just did the math for February out of curiosity. I worry that the exercise estimator is way off, but even if it is, I only log actual exercise in the fitness room, not all of the walking of my day and the like. So here's what I found (knowing that March was a good month for eating on track and sticking to my exercise routine.)

My caloric deficit for the month was 21402, which comes out to about 6.11 pounds I should have lost. My actual weight loss for the month of February was 9.4. Now that could be water weight, or the difference between my actual exercise and what I log. But it seems pretty accurate to me, and if it isn't I would much rather way overestimate with the worst case scenario than think I'm on the right track and be way off. Can I sustain 9 pounds lost per month? That would be nice!

189.6 lb
Lost so far: 38.4 lb.
Still to go: 53.6 lb.
Diet followed 100%.